Lots of small developers you don't know and people trusting them. Easier APIs for grabbing data and often no firewall to catch them sending off the data.
'Kids' apps STILL siphoning too much info from mobes' - FTC boss
Mobile apps are still collecting children's personal details from their phones without their consent, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned today in a report on privacy intrusions. The watchdog analysed 400 popular children's apps available for Google Android and Apple iOS devices, and found that the applications continue …
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Tuesday 11th December 2012 19:03 GMT The Cube
Treat them like the pirates they are
Simple fix, the US government has set the standard with DMCA, these companies are guilty of personal information sharing, let's use the file sharing penalties.
State that each sharing of each person's data is worth $1 and assume that the advermin it is shared with will milk it 100 times. The app developer should be fined $100 per person whose data they have stolen and shared.
Apply the punitive sharing penalty to the store operator Apple or Google, the app developer and the advermin tracking network, collect all the fines and give them to the EFF.
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Wednesday 12th December 2012 09:27 GMT Ragarath
Re: What I don't get is...
It's not that it is worse when it is children but that often the children cannot read, nor understand the implications of what is occurring.
I hope that you as an adult are able to decide for yourself if you should use an app.
My children are not allowed to use an app I have not personally downloaded an vetted, and even more paranoid when in use is not allowed to be connected to a network.
IMO the makers of these devices should have to put a child mode on. So that it stops purchases, downloads, collection of data etc. The reason I think this is because these devices are becoming the be all and end all, you can do almost everything via them and they are becoming the "game consoles" of the era.
Of course, parents should always be aware of what their children are doing, but with apps, any app, can you really expect every parent or even every lay person to know what it is doing?
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Wednesday 12th December 2012 11:45 GMT Anonymous Coward
The solution would be to have legal protection from these f’king peasants. Of course this will never happen because those who are in it for the money, are allowed to get away with anything they can think of, without any recourse!
I don’t want ANY information being shared, it's got F all to do with ANYBODY (Private or Public bodies) what I do/say/purchase/visit, etc....
I'll investigate all options to keep my information secure and away from nosey bastards.
I NEVER buy products because of advertising. If I need/want something, I'll investigate myself.
I don't need to be spoon fed ads and I don't need these fucktards profiling me for ANY reason whatsoever.
The first retard to mention "free stuff" needs to be headed.